Show stand and rack



( No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

E. G. HERING. SHOW STAND AND RACK.

No. 440,031. Patented Nov. 4, 18490.

2 t e e .n s w e e h 2 K .G M D N A E HN A M w H S a d 0 M O W No. 440,031. Patented Nov. 4, 1890.

" UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EMIL G. HERING, OF CROSS PLAINS, WISCONSIN.

SHOW STAND AND RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 440,031, dated November 4, 1890.

Application filed June 6 1890. Serial No. 354,433. (No model.)

To all whmn it may concern.

, Be it known that I, EMIL G. HERING, aeit-izen of the United States, residing at Cross Plains, in the county of Dane and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful Show Stand and Rack, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to advertising, and more particularly to that class thereof known as show stands and racks, and the object of the inventionis to providea cabinet mounted on a pivot whereby it can be rotated, having glass sides whereby its contents may be viewed from the exterior, and containing rollers upon which the articles to be exhibited are rolled.

The invention consists of certain details of construction and auxiliaries preferably employed, all as hereinafter more fully described, and as illustrated in the drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of this improved advertising-cabinet. Fig. 2 isa front elevation thereof with the front side open, showing the manner in which the unwindingreel is used. Fig. 3 is an enlarged central vertical section of the step in which the cabinet is mounted and upon which it rotates.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged central longitudinal section of one of the rollers, its shaft, and sections of the casing in which the said shaft is journaled. Fig. 5 is a detail in perspective of the divided disk for separating the articles wound upon the rollers. Fig. 6 is an end view of the cabinet.

This device is particularly adapted for use in dry-goods stores for the purpose of exhibiting braids, ribbons, and more especially laces and embroideries, which latter may be unwound from the board which carries them onto the numerous rollers within the cabinet, from which they can be unwound and measured off as they are sold, and small pieces or samples thereof can also be exhibited at one or both ends of the cabinet, as shown in Fig. 6.

Referring to the said drawings, S is a stand of about the height of an ordinary table, or it may be a store -counter, and G a glasssided cabinet mounted upon a step or pivot P upon said stand. The front F of this cabinet is hinged at its lower end and carries a button f at its upper end, by which it may be held closed, as will be understood. The step P comprises a base 1, secured to the stand and having a socketed upper face 2, an upper member 3, fitting loosely in said socket and secured to the lower end of the cabinet, and a bolt-4, having a head 5 swiveled in a hole in the base and connecting the two members of the step, the nut 6 of the bolt being preferably inside the cabinet, whereby it can be reached when it is desired to remove said cabinet from the stand.

In the sides of the cabinet or in strips secured therein are journaled a number of metallic shafts M, one end of each of which projects through the side of the cabinet and is squared, as shown at m, and mounted upon each shaft is a wooden roller W, having enlarged ends E, as best seen in Fig. 4. A crank O is provided having a squared hole in its butt adapted to engage the squared end on of any one of the shafts, and by this crank the rollers can be turned to wind the goods upon or to unwind them from them in a manner which will be obvious. I

B is a bracket having a clamp b at its lower endadapted to engage the edge of the stand S, as shown in Fig. 2, and r is the shaft of an unwinding-reel R, which shaft is journaled in said bracket and may have adjustable collars K to hold it in any desirable longitudinal position therein. The reel R consists of a number of tines or prongs, which are inserted into aribbon-block through a spool or astride the board upon which lace or embroidery is wound, as will be clear. The shaft 1' is then adjusted to the proper position transversely of the device, the collars K set so as to impart a slight degree of friction or resistance to its rotation, the end of the piece of lace passed upwardly to the roller upon which it is desired to wind it, and the crank 0 connected to the shaft of said roller and turned, and the lace will thereby be withdrawn from the reel and wound upon the roller within the cabinet.

In some cases, where the lace or embroidery is narrow, it may be desirable to wind severalstrips alongside each other upon the same roller, as shown in Fig. 1, and in order that this may be done I provide a disk D divided centrally and its members hinged together, as

shown at d, the complete disk having a hole through its center of the size of the wooden rollers W. After a strip of lace has been wound upon one of the rollers the disk is applied thereto, the shaft of the reel moved longitudinally for a sufficient distance, a second bolt of lace placed upon the reel, and this lace wound upon the roller adjacent to the disk, after which the latter can be removed for further use.

In Fig. 6 one end of the cabinet is shown, in which, if desired, I may hang samples of the lace contained therein, in order that the lace itself need not be unwound and handled in order to be exhibited, and it will be understood that these pieces or samples of lace are located inside the glass sides of the cabinet, and may be at either end or at the rear'thereof.

It will be obvious that a slow rotation may be given the cabinet through its pivot by any suitable motor without departing from the spirit of this invention, that both sides of the cabinet may be hinged and provided with looks, that the cabinet and the stand or either of them may have shelves or other devicessuch as drawers-and that various other modifications and additions can be made to the device above described without afiecting the essential features thereof.

What I claim is 1. In an advertising device, the combination, with a stationary stand, a cabinet pivotally mounted thereon, a number of rollers within said cabinet, and means for turning them, of a brackethavingaclamp detachably engaging the edge of said stand, a reel Whose shaft is journaled in said bracket and whose head stands parallel with one of said rollers, and adjustable collars on said shaft, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In an advertising cabinet, the combination, with the rollers W, having enlarged ends E and means for turning them, of the disk D, divided longitudinally and hinged at one edge, as at d, the complete disk having ahole through its center the size of one of the rollers upon which it is removably placed between said ends, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In an advertising device, the combination, with the stand S and the cabinet G, having a hinged front, of the step P, compr1sing a base 1, secured to the stand and having a socket 2 in its upper face, and upper member O, secured to the bottom of the cabinet and fitting loosely in said socket, and a bolt 4, Whose head 5 is swiveled in the base 1 and whose nut 6 is inside the cabinet, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. The herein-described advertising device, the same comprising a stationary stand, a cabinet pivotally mounted in a step thereon, said cabinet having glass sides with strips in its ends and a front hinged at its lower end and detachably connected at its upper end to the cabinet, rollers having shafts journaled in said strips, means for turning them, a reel longitudinally adjustable in a bracket, which is detachably connected to the stand, and a centrally-divided disk adapted to be mounted on said rollers, each and all substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EMIL G. HERING.

Witnesses:

D. J. CONNOR, H. A. PowERs. 

